Sonzai Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Sonzai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 549 | 1:42,024 | 2,704 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Sonzaï (1) are calculated separately.
Sonzai (225) may also be a first name.
Sonzai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonzai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonzai occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Sonzaï. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonzai? popularity and diffusion
Sonzai is the 572,911th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Sonzai reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sonzai is also the 599,828th most widespread first name internationally, held by 225 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 42,024. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 74 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 22 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 2 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in France, where 0 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sonzai
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